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Erschienen in: International Journal of Hematology 3/2019

30.01.2019 | Guide Line

JSH Practical Guidelines for Hematological Malignancies, 2018: II. Lymphoma-8. Adult T-cell leukemia–lymphoma

verfasst von: Kunihiro Tsukasaki, Takuya Fukushima

Erschienen in: International Journal of Hematology | Ausgabe 3/2019

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Adult T-cell leukemia–lymphoma (ATL) is a disease concept first described by Uchiyama and Takatsuki et al. in 1977 as a T-cell neoplasm endemic to southwestern Japan, primarily the Kyushu region and Okinawa [1]. Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) was discovered as the causative virus in the early 1980s [2–5]. In the 2017 WHO Classification, ATL is defined as a peripheral T-cell neoplasm caused by HTLV-1 that is composed of lymphocytes with high-grade nuclear atypia [6]. …
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Titel
JSH Practical Guidelines for Hematological Malignancies, 2018: II. Lymphoma-8. Adult T-cell leukemia–lymphoma
verfasst von
Kunihiro Tsukasaki
Takuya Fukushima
Publikationsdatum
30.01.2019
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
International Journal of Hematology / Ausgabe 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0925-5710
Elektronische ISSN: 1865-3774
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-018-02588-5

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